Step for surgical tables



Dec. 6, 1927. 1,652,065

S. TASCARELLA STEP FOR SURGICAL TABLES Filed April 10. 1926 WlTNESSES 23 I I INVENTOR v 1 25 26 5/141 TO/PE Z ISGHRELLH LL IPL W v27 Patented Dec. 6, 1927.

' UNITED STATES" SALVATORE .rnscAnEnLA. or 3300x1311, NEW ORK.

1 STEP FOR SURGICAL TAB E a This invention relates [to appurtenances for tables and the. like,fand has especial reference to steps {for surgical tables.

more readily mount. or climb to the, top

thereof, or to be the more readilyiassisted to do so; to equip a surgical "table with position to a non-servingor out-o t-the-way position, so that after a patient has mounted the table top, the surgeonzm'ay move about freely; and to equip a surgical table with a step capable of being m ovedtoserving and non-serving positions which will be releasably maintained in'the serving position. The nature of the invention anditsfdis' tinguishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which. 3 Figure 1 is a view'of a surgical table equipped with the step of the present invention. I i

Fig. 2 is a sectionalv-iew through the step and illustrating the: manner in which it is temporarily retainedin serving position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the illustrated embodimentof the invention, a surgical table 10. ofthejtype used" by medical doctors and surgeons, is equipped. with a step 11. Surgical tables usually are quite highso that a;- surgeonimaywconveniently carry out.surgical operations-and the table being high makes it ditlicult,:torv a patient to mount the same,-..and;for that reason the step is provided, Means 12 is provided for connecting thestepforconr pound movement toa serving and a nonserving position. Connection thes'tep by the mea'ns12' is made, to a portion- 13-of one of the legs of the table 10. The'ineans 12 may be diversely formulatedbut in the present instance consists of a hub-like member 14 through which the portion- .13 ex tends, the bore 15 in said'member- Mbeing somewhat larger in diameter-than the diwell as a pivotal movement. A pin 16 is em ,propping the free end of thestep 10 a step which may be moved from a'serving ameter of. the p0rtion'13, toallowfth e step" to have a limited up and down moyerneutias tra iverseholes" 17 in; the

s of the pin 16 g qis;a -"washerfi18 upon'which the member 14' Some, Of'the objects of thepresent in I I vention are: to equip a table withmeans in the form of astep so thata personmay the provision is also made fol-facilitating the movement offithestep; from one position to another; j

In.order-t0."Kretain the step'll in a serving "'positionsuch as the position-it is shown in in Fig. -1,,there1is provided aretainingmeans v a 1 which comprises a part'21 on one offthe' end rails 22 ofyt he' table, and a party23 on the underside-of thestep l1. The part 21 isof 'L shape' and depends fromth'e' m1 22.

disposed substantially iinffa vertical plane. The part2? extends transversely. of the step '11 and is provided with a lower inclined edge 24 which areas a'cam, anotch 25,

andian abutment 26which serves as a stop.

When the step 11 is moved to a serving position,- the cam portion Qwill'ride upon the horizontallydisposedv member-327 of the L-' shaped partQL and because of the fact that the step may havejalimited up and down movement due I to the. a comparatively large in g Ipivotal movemenjt and as a consequence bore, '15, thefstep willlmove upwardly. durdisengage the member 27 y from {the notch 25" whereupon the.fstep'i may the moved with a pivo al movementf to gthei out of-t-he way ion -witliia -leg of asurgical table, 'a st-ep,-.r ncans connect-mg thestep with mo'vcn ntf and pivotal-move- .-,nicansffon' the said "portion. of, the table 4 ca inwa f o r le'as'ably tainin said "leg to 'peri tithe stepito' have a limited to "serving and non-j l 0 5 @1 18 St p ai-isetv position, the coaetion of said means being stop, the said cam member having a notch obtained in consequence of the up and down therein, a member secured to, and projecting 10 and pivotal movement of the step. from said table in the path of said cam 2. combination with a leg of a surgical member, whereby said notch may engage the I table, a step, means connecting the step with said member on the table for releasably said 1e for compound movement to servmaintaining the step in a serving position ing an non-servin positions, a horizontally when the ste is swung to osition of use. disposed cam mem r on the bottom of said SALQATORE TA CARELLA. 

